// $Id: MarcReader.java,v 1.19 2006/07/30 10:14:56 bpeters Exp $
/**
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Bas Peters
 *
 * This file is part of MARC4J
 *
 * MARC4J is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * MARC4J is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 
 * License along with MARC4J; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
package org.marc4j;

import org.marc4j.marc.Record;

/**
 * Implement this interface to provide an iterator over a collection of
 * <code>Record</code> objects.
 * 
 * <p>See the {@link org.marc4j.marc} package Javadoc for more information
 * about the {@link org.marc4j.marc.Record} object model.</p>
 * 
 * @author Bas Peters
 * @version $Revision: 1.19 $
 *  
 */
public interface MarcReader {

  /**
   * Returns true if the iteration has more records, false otherwise.
   */
  public boolean hasNext();

  /**
   * Returns the next record in the iteration.
   * 
   * @return Record - the record object
   */
  public Record next();

}